The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have handed the visiting NIA team a list of 51 miscreants, including 10 militants, who have purportedly been holed up in India. On its part the National Investigation Agency (NIA) delegation has handed the RAB...
In our country, education is fast becoming a costly affair over the years which the middle class cannot afford. English medium schools are charging exorbitant tuition fees from their students and Bangla medium schools are also no exception. Education has...
It is a piece of good news for us that the US and Chinese Presidents have agreed to curtail greenhouse gas emission. The two countries produce 44 per cent of greenhouse gases of the world and it is quite alarming....
Shamsul Alam | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
Research is a methodological search for finding solutions to problems mankind faces in order to improve the quality of living standards. Research helps reduce knowledge gaps by creating new knowledge and translating knowledge into action. All innovations are outcome of...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Virginia, USA | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
The US mid-term election held on November 04 was marked by poor turnout of voters. Around 33 per cent voters cast their ballots while 67 per cent decided not to exercise their right of franchise. On the election day, unlike...
Prime Minister’s (PM) Adviser HT Imam claimed Monday that his speech was represented ‘fragmentarily’ by a section of the media spreading a wrong message that he had assured Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders of jobs in the civil service and...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
MAGURA, Nov 17: Awami League (AL) leader advocate Mahabubul Akber Kallal came under attack Sunday night while chamber of another AL leader Shakharul Islam Shakil was set ablaze. Locals informed that advocate Mahabubul Akber Kallal, science and technology secretary of...
Denouncing a court summon against its senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamatory case, BNP on Monday claimed the move is a deep-rooted conspiracy by the government against him, reports UNB. In a statement, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam...
A Tk one billion defamation case was filed in a Dhaka court on Monday against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman for his “disparaging remarks” on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rezaul Karim took cognisance...
NAOGAON, Nov 17 (UNB) : A local Swechchhasebak League (SL) leader and his younger brother were hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Durgapur in Sadar Upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Ohidur Islam, 42, vice-president of Sadar...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Ministry placed in Parliament Monday its report on the three separate bills 2014 (amendment) for three districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Zila parisad with a unanimous recommendation for passage...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 set on Monday November 25 for the prosecution case summing-up arguments on 1971 war crimes facing by fugitive accused Engineer A Jabbar of Mathbaria, Pirojpur, reports UNB. Responding to a time plea, the three-member tribunal, headed...
JESSORE, Nov 17 (UNB) : A court here sent on Sunday 43 local leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its affiliates, including BNP’s district unit acting president, to jail rejecting their bail prayers in two cases filed...
FE Report | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
The country's inflow of remittances through unauthorised channel is more than double that of official one, said Member of Parliament (MP) Israfil Alam Monday. He said the impact of labour migration on the economy of Bangladesh is very high. Labour...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
The government has cut the caffeine level of soft drinks by 27 per cent to 145 parts per million (ppm) to reduce their sedative risks in human body, sources said. The ministry of industries (MoI) has ordered all the carbonated...
The government has transferred the police commissioner of Rajshahi two days after university teacher AKM Shafiul Islam was hacked to death near campus, reports bdnews24.com. Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mahbubur Rahman has been made additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police,...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to send mutual legal assistance requests (MLARs) to Malaysia and the United Kingdom (UK) seeking information about the money siphoned off by former judge Motahar Hossain who acquitted Khaleda Zia's eldest son Tarique...
Ten Bangladeshi IT talents have qualified for the recognition as international IT professionals by IT Engineers Examination (ITEE), an international standardised examination of the IT professionals, presently recognised in 13 Asian countries, reports BSS. Among the 182 candidates who took...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu told parliament Monday that the government has taken all necessary measures to bring back Noor Hossain, prime suspect in Narayanganj seven-murder case, to Bangladesh, reports BSS. "Process to bring back Noor Hossain is underway," he...
Customs officials arrested one person and recovered 1.1 kg gold worth about Tk 5.5 million from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Monday, reports UNB.
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Tuesday). Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, Met Office said. Country's highest temperature 31.5 degree Celsius...
Quazi Monirul Islam and Md Mahbubur Rahman have been elected president and general secretary of the Employees Association of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) respectively.The election was held at BUET in the city Monday. Other office bearers are...
'Govt firm to show zero tolerance to narcotics' State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzman Khan Kamal told the Jatiya Sangsad Monday that the present government is firm to show zero tolerance to the narcotics and members of law enforcement agencies...
Information provided by India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) on militant activities in both countries 'cannot be ignored', says a home ministry official, reports bdnews24.com. "India suspects there are militants in both Bangladesh and India and that they have to be...
FE Report | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has called upon the government to propose inclusion of governance and anti-corruption as distinct goals in the agenda of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The TIB urged the Bangladesh Prime Minister to...
Bangladesh Bank has asked all the banks to install security cameras in and around their branches to ensure the safety and security of their vaults, reports UNB. Against the backdrop of different untoward incidents in recent times, the central bank...
Munima Sultana | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the first-ever government-owned company to run mass transport system in the capital, has started functioning with a limited capacity after a delay of nearly two years. The Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit (DMRT) Project...
FE Report | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh is set to ratify an agreement on motor-vehicle regulation for cargo and passenger transportation through the South Asian countries-a move meant for a push to regional connectivity. A proposed amendment to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malaysia on...
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